CN104881376B - Self-service terminal and be operably connected to self-service terminal equipment method - Google Patents
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Abstract
Device driver and a method that can expand device driver self-service terminal (SST) can be expanded by providing.One SST (100 or 401) includes the operating system (OS) (110) for having communication port (120) and an application program (130) for possessing the low level order specific to the hardware device (150) for being connected to SST (100 or 401)；Low level order can be executed directly by equipment (150).Communication port (120) can be used to the order (including low level order) between forwarding information and equipment (150) and application program (130).Application program (130) directly controls equipment (150) using low level order, and low level order cannot be identified by OS (110).
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to can expand device driver and one can expand device driver self-service terminal (SST)
Method.
Background technology
Traditionally, hardware drive program can be packaged into independent binary component, with extended operation system (OS).Hardware drives
Dynamic program also provides application programming interface (API) to application program, for controlling and the relevant equipment of driver.OS groups
This separation of part and application component (API) increases the complexity of upgrading, causes：
OS must be enhanced by the driver being packaged into OS, therefore just when needing to change driver
Have to upgrade OS；Or
Driver needs to be deployed as individual deployment unit, as the independent packet installation after OS, solely due to this
Vertical packet needs the special access right of OS in deployment, therefore can cause potential security breaches and risk of attack.
For the self-service terminals such as ATM (ATM) (SST), the problem related to hardware device installation is outstanding
For protrusion.ATM is a kind of highly safe SST, and only specified engineer's (be authorized access) has to related OS, hardware device
With the management access rights of software.Remote network access is usually forbidden, even to Maintenance Engineer.Therefore, when ATM is needed
When hardware device (because of existing equipment existing defects or the needing updating several characteristics on ATM) more to renew, bank work people
Member must at one's leisure come until engineer, and renewal process may need a period of time.Moreover, OS itself is possibly even
Do not allow newer equipment or may need to update, this can also greatly increase on ATM platforms Installation And Test new equipment when
Between and complexity.
Invention content
In various embodiments, present for install and using the expansible Self-Service of SST device drivers it is whole
Hold (SST) device driver and method.
According to one embodiment, the SST provided includes an operating system (OS) and an application program.The OS packets
A communication port is included, and the application program includes the low level order specific to a hardware device, which passes through
The communication port is connected to SST, and low level order is then directly executed by hardware device.The operable trunk information of communication port and
Order between hardware device and the application program, the application program directly control hardware device；OS None- identified low levels are ordered
It enables (at least, OS does not analyze or explain low level order, can only pass them to hardware device).
According to the first aspect of the invention, the method that is provided be operably connected to the equipment of host includes：In host
A processor on execute an application program；Using a communication port of operating system, by the application program be connected to
One equipment of host is connected；The application program selects a low category devices order, for being communicated with the equipment；And this is answered
Being sent out to equipment with program can not be identified but can be by low category devices order that the equipment identifies by operating system.
This method is also selectively included the application program and is responded by the operating system communication port receiving device.
This method is also selectively included processor when operating system lacks the device driver of the equipment, as
The software driver of the equipment executes the application program.
It is rudimentary by updating the one or more in the application program that this method is also selectively included the application program
Other device command and other low category devices orders update software driver.
This method is also selectively included entire application program of the update processor including low category devices order.
The Connection Step is also optionally included with the universal serial bus that the application program is provided from operating system and answers
With one bind command of selection in the available command of Program Interfaces.
The selection step is also optionally included with the application program according to the treatment conditions of its assessment to determine suitably
Low category devices order.
According to the second aspect of the invention, the self-service terminal provided includes：One operating system, including one
Communication port interface；One application program, can be with：(i) it is connected to mounted on self-service using the communication port interface of operating system
Hardware device on service terminal；(ii) order specific to equipment is sent out to hardware device by communication port interface, wherein
The order specific to equipment is not handled by operating system, but passes to hardware device.
Selectively, the hardware device with the relevant execution space of the application program except it is inaccessible.
The self-service terminal may include an ATM.
Communication port interface can be associated with universal serial bus communications port.
The hardware device may include a medium bank-note output device.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, the method provided includes：The operation system executed on self-service terminal
The equipment that system detection is newly connected to the self-service terminal；Operating system notifies the application program newly to connect the presence of equipment；Behaviour
Make system response from the application program to bind command, to establish the connection between the application program and new connection equipment；And
Operating system to the application program provide operating system a communication port interface, for during the connection with newly connect equipment
Communication, the wherein application program will be connected to software driver of the connection as the equipment of the equipment, and be sent out to the equipment
Go out the order specific to equipment, the order specific to equipment is additional to or a communication port interface of Embedded Operating System
Order, and cannot be identified by operating system.
This method is also selectively included when the application program does not execute on self-service terminal, and operating system will
Ignore the presence of new connection equipment.
This method is also selectively included the operating system update application program, to which update is specific to the life of equipment
It enables.
Detecting step, which is also optionally included with, detects whether there are the universal serial bus communications monitored by operating system
Port interface.
Notifying process is also optionally included with operating system, and to application program offer, there are situations, as USB device
Connection notice.
Establishment step is also optionally included with operating system and provides connection, is connect with the equipment as the application program
Tunnel between self-service terminal communication port.
Establishment step is also optionally included with operating system and is disconnected in the equipment and the communication port of self-service terminal
Connection is terminated when connection.
Establishment step is also optionally included with when the application program is terminated in operating system and sends out end connection
When order, operating system will be terminated and be connected.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the method provided includes：One is handled on one processor applies journey
Sequence；An equipment of host equipment is connected to by the application program；The application program selects one to be used to communicate with the equipment
Low category devices order；And the application program uses the OS communication port application programming that operating system (OS) provides
Interface (API) sends out the low category devices order of OS None- identifieds to the equipment.
According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the self-service terminal (SST) provided includes an application program, can
With：(i) it is executed in the operating system on SST (OS)；(ii) communication ends for a SST for being connected to a hardware device are connected to
Mouthful；(iii) the communication port application programming interface provided during the connection by OS, sends out specific to hardware device
In the order of equipment, the order specific to equipment is sent to communication port from the application program, wherein described specific
It can not be identified by operating system in the order of equipment, can only be identified by hardware device and handled on hardware device.
According to the sixth aspect of the invention, the method provided includes：In what is handled on self-service terminal (SST)
Detect whether there is the equipment for being newly connected to SST in operating system (OS)；OS notifies the presence described in application program；OS response from
The bind command that the application program receives, to establish the connection between the application program and the equipment；And OS is to the application program
One OS communication port application programming interface (API) is provided, for being communicated during the connection with the equipment, the wherein application
Program will be connected to software driver of the connection as the equipment of the equipment, and send out the life specific to equipment to the equipment
It enables, the order specific to equipment is additional to or is embedded in an OS communication port api command, and cannot be known by operating system
Not.
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The above and other aspects of the present invention are hereafter will be explained in detail, wherein：
According to an example embodiment, Fig. 1 is the ATM that there is application-level device driver to support
(ATM) schematic diagram；
According to an example embodiment, Fig. 2 is the signal of the method interacted with expansible SST device drivers
Figure；
According to an example embodiment, Fig. 3 is showing for the another method interacted with expansible SST device drivers
It is intended to；And
According to an example embodiment, Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of an expansible device driver SST.
Specific implementation mode
With reference first to Fig. 1, according to an example embodiment, this is oneself that there is application-level device driver to support
The schematic diagram of dynamic automatic teller machine (ATM) 100.
For illustration purposes only, describe various components and the arrangement form of component is presented.However, it is noted that can also
More or less components are arranged by other means, without departing from this paper and application-level device driver presented below
It supports.
Herein and hereafter just expansible SST device drivers running presentation ATM 100, method and SST, can with
It is completely or partially realized in one or all component or component combination that ATM 100 is listed together.These technology and methods exist
Executable instruction is programmed in memory and/or permanent computer readable memory medium, and one relevant from different components
Or it is executed in multiple processors.In addition, ATM 100 is shown in the form of greatly simplified, main (but and non-exhaustive) depicts only
It is emphasized when understanding introduction described herein or required component.
Following discussion will state one embodiment of the present of invention, i.e. an application program 130 in ATM 100.Refer to
Go out, any SST (such as information kiosk) or equipment can benefit from teachings described herein；Some of them will be with reference to Fig. 2-4
It discusses.Therefore, following description is only the embodiment of the present invention, it is not intended to which the finance limited the invention on monetary facilities is handed over
Easily.
ATM 100 includes that an OS communication port API 120, one of operating system (OS) 110, one includes physical equipment
130, communication port 140 of application program of command module 131 and the hardware device 150 of a connection.
OS 110 can provide a processing environment (platform), to execute order, operation and application program, access connection or
It is interfaced to the equipment and peripheral equipment of OS 110.
In one embodiment, OS 110 is OS or in which revision version of Android (trade mark).
In one embodiment, OS be the OS of increasing income based on Tizen (trade mark), Unix (trade mark) or Linux (trade mark) and
One kind in other OS that increase income.
In one embodiment, OS 110 is Windows (trade mark), Apple iOS (trade mark), Blackberry (trade mark)
And other it is non-increase income or proprietary OS 110 in one kind.
In the present embodiment, OS 110 includes accessing some custom hardware equipment (such as USB port, storage device, cameras
Deng) some conventional equipment drivers 111.However, OS 110 include the proprietary hardware components of ATM (such as encryption password keyboard,
Bank-note output device, spot assets device, cash loop module etc.) any device driver.
OS communication port API 120 is that OS 110 is the interface that application program (such as application program 130) provides, to
Access a communication port 140 of ATM 100.In general, this port API 120 can allow an application program to be connected directly to port
140, and order is transmitted to the hardware device 150 for being connected to ATM 100 by port 140 from application program 130.
In one embodiment, port 140 is universal serial bus (USB) port, and port API 120 is USB
API 120.It is to be understood that multiple USB ports 140 can be provided, and multiple hardware devices 150 can be installed in ATM 100,
Each hardware device 150 is connected to different USB ports 140.
In the present embodiment, hardware device 150 is ATM special hardwares (or high safety hardware device), therefore is limited
Access hardware devices 150 are very desirable.
Hardware device 150 generally includes a processor, and executable low level order, to execute and the hardware device
150 related functions and task.
Physical equipment command module 131 is using the necessary logic and life for accessing the hardware device 150 of connection and communicating
Order is configured.Physical equipment order can be any low-level format that the hardware device 150 of connection is expected and is identified, such as but
It is not limited to the offset of binary instruction and memory or storage location and activation command and storage location.In some cases, object
It can be higher level to manage device command, so as to the API Calls being identified.But no matter abstract level related with physical equipment order
Not not why, OS 110 lacks and will not identify that format；Application program 130 can be only connected to port 140 by OS 110,
Port API 120 is provided for the application program 130, to be communicated with hardware device 150.
In addition, physical equipment command module 131 comprises more than order.For example, physical equipment command module 131 includes control
Following logic：The synchronization of order and response to such order；Time-out related with the order that timely responds to is not obtained；
The management of the parallel order sent out；The management of order etc. that different channels is sent out on USB port.
Physical equipment command module 131 include a device A PI 132, allow application program 130 with a routine
The similar fashion that application program sends out order to an operating system of the device driver installed including itself is set to hardware
Standby 150 send out high-level order.Device A PI 132 converts it to necessary low level life after receiving such high-level order
It enables, hardware device 150 is then sent to by OS communication port API 120 again.
OS 110 can also terminate the connection between application program 130 and port 140.This can specially send out in application program 130
Occur when order termination connection (order also can be a part of port API 120) for going out OS identifications, it also can be in application program 130
Operation in ATM 100 is sent out by (normal or abnormal) termination or when hardware device 150 disconnects (removal) from port 140
It is raw.
In addition, application program 130 is the device driver of hardware device 150.That is, OS 110 lacks service firmly
The device driver of part equipment 150.Device driver is referred to as " software driver ", because of (low level) specific to equipment
The access of order is usually controlled by user application (such as application program 130), rather than is controlled by OS 110.It is thus impossible to
The access to hardware device 150 is realized outside the execution range of application program 130.This is just that ATM 100 provides additional peace
Full property (most important in ATM environment), because any access to hardware device 150 must all be originated from application program 130, this
It is because only that the application program 130 includes necessary low level order.
In general, when new equipment is mounted on a machine (or terminal), OS can limit the access to the equipment, until
OS can be searched and be installed and connect equipment transmission equipment by communication port specifically order and receiving device specifically respond
Until device driver.
But, as herein as the more complete description hereafter made, OS 110 does not need any device driver, with
The hardware device 150 newly connected is installed and allows to communicate.On the contrary, application program 130 is by asking OS 110 that will answer
With program 130 be connected to port 140 and using OS provide port API 120 (application program 130 can be to hardware device as a result,
150 transmit physical equipment order and receive response from hardware device 150) provide device drives journey to the hardware device 150 of connection
Sequence.
Application program 130 can also provide and application program there are one application programming interfaces for other application layer application program
130 integration of user interaction functionality interacted and/or application program api command.
During application program 130 in ATM 100 is run, hardware device 150 is detected as having connected or interface
To the communication port 140 of ATM.OS 110 can thus receive connection notice by port 140.The notice is conveyed to by OS 110
Application program 130.This by the notification command of port API 120 or can pass through being provided by OS of being configured in application program 130
Other orders occur.
Once application program 130 is notified from OS 110, application program 130 just needs to be connected to port 140.This can lead to
The order or the standard port bind command identified by OS 110 by being configured in application program 130 crossed in port API 120
Occur.
After being connected to port 140, application program 130 is direct by port 140 using the order selected from port API 120
Physics device command is sent out to hardware device 150.150 recognition command of hardware device simultaneously takes action appropriate, it is also possible to pass through
Port 140 passes response or other data back, these responses or other data are also likely to be the specific format of equipment.It is connected to port
140 application program 130 receives such response or other data, and is handled according to the configuration logic of the application program.Cause
This, port API 120 can provide routing function, and specific command (i.e. object is transmitted between application program 130 and hardware device 150
Manage device command) and response.
In one embodiment, each device command is encrypted or only can be in hardware device 150 and application program including one
The key encrypted or verified between 130.Thus safety is further strengthened, because hardware device 150 is preconfigured to verify respectively
Item orders and passes encryption data back in response.Thus, it is supposed that application program 130 by one in the OS 110 of ATM 100 not
Authorized applications are replaced or modification, and the application program learns device command in some way, which sets with hardware
Communication between standby 150 will fail, because the coded communication or verification on hardware device 150 can fail.
What it is due to consumer's progress is financial transaction, in addition ATM contains a large amount of currency, needs to note especially so safety is ATM
The problem of meaning.
It safeguards, support and manage employee's concern that the hardware device also just connected safeguards ATM.Pass through one
The technology that a application program 130 provides the support of software driver on ATM 100 can be unprecedented so far in the industry
Horizontal maintenance, support and the management for improving ATM 100.
For example, being also a update to the update of application program 130, it is possible to provide chance updates physical equipment command module
131 order, the device driver to effectively update hardware device 150 are supported.It is noted that this thing happens
When, any update need not be carried out to OS 110.
Further, since device command is by application program 130 (may be by file reference and Indexing Mechanism) control, equipment
Order can be updated (software driver update) by replacing by the file that application program 130 accesses.This is just that management is hard
The application program and device driver of part equipment 150 provide outstanding flexibility, because order is not in application program 130
Middle carry out hard coded, and replacing has the file of order that can effectively be updated to device driver, but not update is answered
With program 130 and OS 110.Signature can be encrypted in the reference of this file with regard to safety.
It is also noted that application program 130 can be useful for being connected to the device driver of the distinct device of ATM 100
The distinct device command in combination and type of support.Therefore, an application program 130 may act as the multiple of multiple hardware devices and soft set
Standby driver.Different port API can also be used for the different communication port that can be accessed on ATM 100.For example, ATM 100
It may include USB port 140 and the ports a RS232 (not shown).These ports (ports USB and RS232) all can get one
Different OS communication port API.
In addition, it should also be noted that although ATM 100 describes a single application program 130, can essentially have
Multiple independent application programs (for application program 130), each application program possess physical equipment order (some of oneself
Identical hardware device 150 may be directed to or be directed to a different connection hardware device).As previously mentioned, ATM
100 are provided in the form of greatly simplified, and single application program 130 and single hardware device 150 add for illustration purposes only
To describe, and the purpose in relation to describing is not that the range of ATM 100 is limited to one to possess application program 130 and hardware device
The configuration of 150 single-instance.Typical ATM 100 will have multiple hardware devices 150 being attached thereto.
Hardware device 150 (or multiple hardware devices) may include following one or more：One spues on AMT 100 and has
Valence medium (such as currency, reward, ideal money (passing through the permanent computer readable media equipment of connection), discount coupon) goes out
Paper money device；One encrypted personal identification number (PIN) keyboard equipment；One display equipment；One printer (such as one printing strip
Strip printer, one printing statement statement printer, one printing transaction record flowing water printer etc.)；
One user input equipment (such as a keyboard, touch screen cover)；One biometric captures equipment；One camera is (static
Frame or image) etc..
In one embodiment, communication port 140 is a USB port；One safety digit (SD) card slot；One ether
Net port；One Video Graphics Array (VGA) port, a high-definition media interface (HDMI), an Apple
Thunderbolt (trade mark) port etc..
It should now be clear that the device driver support of one or more connection hardware devices 150 of ATM 100 can lead to
An application program run in operating system 110 130 is crossed to realize, which gathers around there are one communication port API 120,
The order from the application program 130 is sent to hardware device 150, without converting or explaining such order.This is carried
High security, and eliminate OS 110 update or device driver update when, these device drivers to OS 110 according to
Lai Xing.This also with efficiency unprecedented so far in industry, improves the maintenance, support and management work(of hardware device 150
Energy.In some embodiments, some device drivers in reservation operations system 110 may have some benefits, when these drives
The security related of dynamic program is not high or driver is related to providing the infrastructure functions such as access memory bank, communication port
It is particularly true when traditional computer assembly.
These (above-mentioned) embodiments and other embodiment are discussed with reference to Fig. 2-4.
According to an example embodiment, Fig. 2 is showing for the method 200 interacted with expansible SST device drivers
It is intended to.The software module (one or more) of implementation method 200 is referred to as " software driver." software driver quilt
It is embodied as the executable instruction of programming, memory and/or permanent computer-readable (processor is readable) storage media is resided at, by leading
The one or more processors of machine equipment execute.Execute host device processor (one or more) warp of software driver
Special configuration and programming are crossed, to handle software driver.The software driver has the right to access one during processing
A or multiple networks.Network can be wired, wirelessly or non-wirelessly with being wirelessly combined.
Therefore, initially at 210, it is software that the processor (one or more) of host equipment, which executes on the host equipment,
Driver provides the software driver (being known as " application program " in Fig. 2) in the OS of processing environment or platform.
In one embodiment, the host equipment of processing software driver is ATM 100 or other information pavilion.
At 220, software driver is connected to the hardware device being connect with host equipment.This operation may be in OS
Notice software driver hardware device is existing or completes after being connected to the communication port of host equipment.
According to one embodiment, at 221, available command that software driver is provided from OS in USB port API
In selected bind command, for application program and the com port communication for being connected to hardware device.
At 230, software driver has selected low level order (specific to the order of equipment), to be set with hardware
It is standby to be communicated.That is, software driver has selected specific command from the order that hardware device identifies, (hardware device identifies
Physical equipment order or device command).
In one embodiment, at 231, software driver determines rudimentary according to its assessment to treatment conditions
Other device command, software driver and hardware device must be communicated or be accessed in evaluation process.This may be soft sets
Any logic assessed in standby driver.
At 240, software driver uses the OS communication port API that OS is provided, and (host is connected to hardware device
Equipment) publication low category devices order.Unidentified (or attempting analysis or identification) the low category devices orders of OS.
According to one embodiment, at 241, software driver provides low category devices order, as hardware device
Specific and proprietary physical equipment order.OS also this unidentified physical equipment order.It means that OS does not know how to handle
Or the format of identification physical equipment order.
In one embodiment, at 250, software driver receive hardware device send out it is low to what is initially issued
The response of level device order.This response is received by OS communication port API.
In one embodiment, at 260, (host equipment and the related 210-250 of processing) processor regards software
The software driver of hardware device is handled.In other words, software driver is the device driver of hardware device,
OS lacks the device driver independently interacted with hardware device.Software driver is the device drives journey of hardware device
Sequence.
At embodiment 260 and 261, software driver is soft by updating low category devices order and/or update
Other low category devices orders in device driver update software driver.When software driver may have access to
File in have available low category devices order, so that software driver selects a new file or one to change
File, and then effectively aforesaid operations can be completed when updating software driver.
In another case, at 262, the host device processor of software driver is executed, it is soft by updating
Device driver (in certain embodiments, by updating entire application program) is to update software driver.
According to an example embodiment, Fig. 3 is the another method 300 interacted with expansible SST device drivers
Schematic diagram.The software module (one or more) of implementation method 300 is referred to herein as SST software drivers OS.SST floppy drives
Dynamic program OS is implemented as executable instruction, the quilt in memory and/or permanent computer-readable (processor is readable) storage media
Programming, and executed in the one or more processors of SST.The processor of SST is specially configured to execute SST software drivers
OS.SST software drivers OS may have access to one or more networks, and network can be wired, wirelessly or non-wirelessly and wirelessly be combined.
In one embodiment, the SST of processing SST software drivers OS is ATM 100 or other information pavilion.
In one embodiment, SST software drivers OS is implemented as the enhancing to SST OS.
At 310, SST software drivers OS detects that SST has new connection equipment.This is the result is that pass through SST floppy drives
Dynamic program OS is that the communication port interface of the communication port of SST management obtains.
According to one embodiment, at 311, USB of the SST software drivers OS detections by the OS monitoring of SST software drivers
Existence in communication port interface.
At 320, SST device driver management devices notify the presence detected in application program SST communication port interfaces
State.
In one embodiment, application program is application program 130.
In one embodiment, application program is the method 200 of Fig. 2.
Notice can be sent out by the SST software drivers OS communication port interface API provided to application program；Alternatively, logical
Knowing can be sent out by the OS standard device notification messages sent to application program.
At embodiment 320 and 311 and 321, SST software drivers OS provides connection of the notice as USB device
Notice, is the SST connected devices connected by communication port by the processing logic identification of application program.
At 330, SST software drivers OS establishes connection between application program and connection equipment.This operation is pair
Response of the application program to the SST software drivers OS connection requests sent out.Again, connection request can be made by application program
The SST floppy drive traverses identified by SST software drivers OS with the OS communication port interface API provided it or application issued
Sequence OS orders send out and (are not included in communication port API-standard device connection request).
According to one embodiment, at 331, SST software drivers OS provides connection for application program and connection equipment, makees
" tunnel " between the SST communication port being connected to for application program and connection equipment.
In one embodiment, at 332, when connection equipment is detached from from the communication port of SST, SST software drivers
OS terminates connection.(e.g., USB device is connected from USB port disconnection for example, someone will connect equipment entity and be removed from communication port
It connects).
In one embodiment, at 333, when SST software drivers OS receive application program connection terminate order, or
Application program stops on SST when executing when termination (such as application program normal or abnormal), and SST software drivers OS, which is terminated, to be connected
It connects.
At 340, SST software drivers OS provides an OS communication port API to application program, for application program and company
The SST communication port that equipment is connected to is connect to be communicated.Application program using connection and communication port API directly with connect equipment
It is communicated.Application program sends out the order specific to equipment, and connected equipment identification and processing during the connection.Connection,
OS communication port API and application program (possessing the order specific to equipment) permission application program are served as connection the soft of equipment and are set
Standby driver.The unidentified orders specific to equipment of SST software drivers OS, and SST software drivers OS lacks connection
The device driver of equipment.Therefore, application apparatus provides the device driver to be communicated with connection equipment.
According to one embodiment, at 350, when application is not executed with active state on SST, SST soft-sphere models
Program OS ignores the presence for the connection equipment for being connected to SST communication port.
In one embodiment, at 360, SST software drivers OS has updated application program, this update has caused to spy
Order due to equipment is updated.In essence, the update of application program is the update to device driver, because answering
It is to connect the software driver of equipment with program (by the order specific to equipment).
According to an example embodiment, Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram 400 of expansible device driver SST 401.It can expand and set
Standby 401 (calling in the following text " SST 401 ") components of driver SST reside at memory and/or permanent computer-readable matchmaker by programming
Body, and executed in the one or more processors of SST 401.401 Internet access one or more networks of SST, and can pass through
One or more networks are communicated, and network can be wired, wirelessly or non-wirelessly and wirelessly be combined.
SST 401 includes an application executed in the one or more processors of SST 401 as executable instruction
Program 402 (software module or block combiner).Executable instruction resides at 401 addressable memories of SST and/or permanent electric
In brain readable memory medium.
In one embodiment, SST is an ATM 100.
In one embodiment, SST is an information kiosk.
SST 401 is programmed by application program 402, and application program 402 can be used for executing on SST.
It is executed in the OS that application program 402 can be used on SST 401, and is connected to the SST that hardware device is connected to
Communication port.SST 401 can be expanded to can also be used for during the connection, the communication port API provided by OS is set to hardware
Preparation goes out the order specific to equipment, will be sent to communication port from application program specific to the order of equipment.It should be specific to
The order of equipment can not be identified and obtained by OS, can be identified by hardware device and be handled on hardware device.
According to one embodiment, application program 402 can also serve as the soft of hardware device by the order specific to equipment
Device driver executes processing operation, and by the addressable user API of OS user application layers, serve as management, control and
The interface of access hardware devices executes processing operation.
According to one embodiment, application program 402 is application program 130.
In one embodiment, application program 402 is the method 200 of Fig. 2.
In one embodiment, OS is the enhancing function for the OS for enhancing 300 statement of OS or Fig. 3 methods.
In one embodiment, hardware device with 402 relevant execution space of application program in OS except it is inaccessible.
According to one embodiment, SST 401 is an ATM, and hardware device is to be connected to ATM by usb communication port
Medium bank-note output device.
It is to be understood that when (such as component or module) in a particular form describes software, only help to understand, be not intended to pair
The construction or organizational form for implementing the software of these functions are limited.For example, module may be illustrated as the module of separation, but
Same source code, stand-alone assembly can be used as to execute, but these not all modules can combine, or can be to appoint
What implement the function in the software of his convenient manner structure.
In addition, although software module is illustrated as executing on a hardware, software can be distributed in individual equipment
Multiple processors, or use any other convenient form.
Above description is illustrative, and unrestricted.After checking above description, those skilled in the art is aobvious
So it is understood that many other embodiments.Therefore the range of embodiment should be determined according to accessory claim.
Before in the description of embodiment, for present disclosure purpose is simplified, each feature is grouped into single embodiment
In.This disclosure method is understood not to, and reflects the embodiment of claim with clear more than in each claim
The feature of statement.Just as the following claims reflect, subject matter is less than all features of the embodiment individually disclosed instead.
Claims (21)
1. a kind of method for the equipment being operably connected to host, the method include：
An application program is executed on a processor of the host；
Using a communication port of operating system, the application program is connected with the equipment for being connected to the host
It connects；
The application program selects a low category devices order, for being communicated with the equipment；
The application program sends out selected low category devices order to the equipment, wherein the low category devices order without
Method is identified but can be identified by the equipment by the operating system；And
When the operating system lacks the device driver of the equipment, the processor is executed as the soft of the equipment
The application program of device driver.
2. according to the method described in claim 1, also including the communication ends of the application program by the operating system
Mouth receives the response of the equipment.
3. according to the method described in claim 1, also including stored by application program described in the application program update or to obtain
Reference document, the reference document include the low category devices order.
4. according to the method described in claim 1, also comprising the update processor including the low category devices order
Entire application program.
5. the method described in claim 4, wherein it includes updating the entire application program to update the entire application program
The sub-step of encrypted certificate is verified before.
6. according to the method described in claim 1, the communication port of the wherein described operating system includes a general serial
Bus application programming interface, and the use of the step of communication port includes by the application program from the general serial
A bind command is selected in the available command of bus application programming interface.
7. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein selection step further includes being assessed according to it by the application program
Manage bar part determines the low category devices order appropriate.
8. a kind of method for the equipment being operably connected to self-service terminal, including：
Detection, which exists, in the operating system executed on the self-service terminal is newly connected to setting for the self-service terminal
It is standby；
The presence of equipment described in the operating system notice application program；
The operating system in the application program and described is set in response to the bind command that is received from the application program
Connection is established between standby；
The operating system provides the operating system communication for being communicated during the connection with the equipment to the application program
Port application programming interface (API), wherein the application program is used to the equipment that is connected to of the equipment
Software driver, and the order specific to equipment is sent out to the equipment, the order specific to equipment be additional to or
In Embedded Operating System communication port application programming interface order, wherein the order specific to equipment can not be described
Operating system identifies；And
When the application program does not execute actively on the self-service terminal, the operating system ignores the equipment
Presence.
9. a self-service terminal, including：
One communication port；
One hardware device for being connected to the communication port；
One operating system includes being connect for being interfaced to a communication port of the hardware device by the communication port
Mouthful；
One application program, including a physical equipment command module, and can operate and be used for：(i) pass through the communication port
Interface sends the order specific to equipment to the hardware device, wherein the order specific to equipment is not by the operation
System processing, but the hardware device is passed to, wherein lacking the device drives journey of the hardware device in the operating system
When sequence, the application program is implemented as the software driver of the hardware device.
10. self-service terminal according to claim 9, wherein the operating system includes supplying the self-service terminal
At least one of the traditional equipment driver that uses of equipment.
11. a kind of method for the equipment being operably connected to self-service terminal, including：
Detection, which exists, in the operating system executed on the self-service terminal is newly connected to setting for the self-service terminal
It is standby；
The presence of equipment described in the operating system notice application program；
The operating system in the application program and described is set in response to the bind command that is received from the application program
Connection is established between standby；
The operating system provides the operating system communication for being communicated during the connection with the equipment to the application program
Port application programming interface (API), wherein the application program is used to the equipment that is connected to of the equipment
Software driver, and the order specific to equipment is sent out to the equipment, the order specific to equipment be additional to or
In Embedded Operating System communication port application programming interface order, wherein the application program is sent out to the equipment
The operating system is got around when the order specific to equipment, and the order specific to equipment can not be by the operation
System identification；And
When the application program does not execute actively on the self-service terminal, the operating system ignores the equipment
Presence.
12. according to the method for claim 11, further comprising application program described in the operating system update, to more
The new order specific to equipment.
13. according to the method for claim 11, wherein detecting step further comprises the operating system detection by institute
State the presence of the equipment in universal serial bus (USB) communication port interface of operating system monitoring.
14. according to the method for claim 13, wherein notifying process further includes the operating system to the application program
The presence for providing the equipment, the connection as universal serial bus (USB) equipment notify.
15. according to the method for claim 11, wherein the step of establishing connection further includes described in the operating system offer
Connection, as the tunnel between the application program and the communication port of the self-service terminal of equipment connection.
16. it further includes when the equipment and the Self-Service according to the method for claim 11, to establish the step of connection
When the communication port of terminal is detached from, the operating system terminates the connection.
17. it further includes when the application program is in the operation according to the method for claim 11, to establish the step of connection
When end bind command is terminated or sent out in system, the operating system terminates the connection.
18. a self-service terminal, including：
Processor, the processor are configured with application program, and the application program can be used to：(i) in the Self-Service
It is executed in the operating system of terminal, (i i) is connect with the communication port for the self-service terminal for being connected to hardware device, (i
I i) during the connection, by the communication port application programming interface provided by the operating system, set to the hardware
Preparation goes out the order specific to equipment, and the order specific to equipment is sent to the communication ends from the application program
Mouthful, wherein the application program gets around the operation when sending out the order specific to equipment to the communication port is
System, the order specific to equipment can not identify by the operating system, and the order specific to equipment can be by
The hardware device identification can simultaneously be handled on the hardware device, and wherein when the application program is not described self-service
When actively being executed on service terminal, the operating system, which is ignored, sends out the order specific to equipment.
19. self-service terminal according to claim 18, the application program is further operable to be passed through for (iv)
The software driver that the hardware device is served as in the order specific to equipment executes, and (v) passes through the operation
The addressable user application programming interface of the user application layer of system serves as management, control and accesses the hardware
The interface of equipment executes.
20. self-service terminal according to claim 18, the hardware device with the operating system in described in
It is inaccessible except the relevant execution space of application program.
21. self-service terminal according to claim 18, wherein the self-service terminal is ATM and the hardware
Equipment is that the medium bank-note output device of the ATM is connected to by universal serial bus (USB) communication port.
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